Long-term outcome of patients surviving for more than ten years following treatment for acute leukaemia

Between 1972 and 1988, 832 consecutive patients were treated for acute leuk aemia at St. Bartholomew's Hospital; a retrospective analysis has been cond ucted to determine the clinical course and outcome for 101 who have survive d greater than or equal to 10 years following treatment. At a median follow -up of 16 years (range 10-28 years), 86 patients (86 out of 834 total, 11%) were still alive. Long-term follow-up of patients who have survived greate r than or equal to 10 years following treatment for acute leukaemia reveale d that most patients were in normal health, although a significant number o f complications had occurred.